A Beginner’s Guide to Common Big Data File Formats

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When you dive into big data, picking the right file format is like choosing the perfect tool for a job. It can save you hours of processing time, shrink your storage costs, and make your data play nicely with tools like Spark or Hadoop. But with so many options—JSON, CSV, Parquet, Avro, ORC—where do you start? In this guide, we’ll unpack these five popular big data file formats, show you what they’re good at, and help you decide which one fits your needs.… Read the rest

How Big Data Is Changing The Mobile Industry

In today’s fast moving tech world, the mobile industry is becoming the key to almost all of the things around us. Smartphones are no longer used just to make phone calls. These days, mobile phones are used to help us connect and control just about everything in our lives. The same can be said for big data analytics and mobile data analytics. But just how is big data changing the mobile industry?Read the rest